Totally flustered where one lives perhaps, nips out (2,1,4,4)
I believe the answer is:
in a flat spin
'totally flustered' is the definition.
'one lives perhaps nips out' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'one' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is found in the answer.
an anagram of 'nips' is 'spin' which is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'where' acts as a link.
(Another definition for in a flat spin that I've seen is " Entering a state of confusion".)
I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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